Treatment for bedbugs and cockroaches: preparing an apartment for pest control

Cockroaches are pests that most often live in houses with garbage chutes. They very quickly adapt to various living conditions, in particular they are attracted to places with high humidity. With a strong degree of contamination of the room, professional pest control from cockroaches is recommended, since folk remedies and widespread aerosols for independent use are not able to give a positive result.

It's important to know! These insects hide during the day and crawl out at night to feast on your food and their waste, after which they leave an unpleasant smell and characteristic traces of their vital activity. They lay eggs, from which new numerous colonies of domestic pests soon appear, which always causes dissatisfaction. In addition, cockroaches often become the causative agents of acute intestinal diseases, dysentery and tuberculosis.

How to deal with cockroaches in an apartment

Cold fog

To clean the premises from cockroaches, they use insecticides of various types and forms, as well as folk remedies. At the same time, it is important to maintain ideal cleanliness in the apartment, otherwise pest control will have a temporary result. If cockroaches have flooded an apartment in an apartment building, then most likely they are in the basement, and in the neighbors, and in the entrance. It is useless to fight cockroaches alone, you must:

• bypass all neighbors and agree on a joint pest control in all apartments, entrance and basement at the same time;
• agree with the cleaner that after pest control she will clean all surfaces and cleanse of poisoned insects.

It is possible that the neighbors will not have the time or desire to purchase expensive cockroach remedies. In this case, all expenses will fall on the one who really seeks to clear their apartment of them. Even in the absence of agreements with neighbors, they do not refuse from baiting insects in the basement and entrance (you will have to purchase pest control products yourself). If this is not done, then insects from the basement and the entrance will replace the cockroaches destroyed in the apartment.

For the destruction of insects, insecticides are used in the form of:

• gel;
• aerosol spray;
• powder;
• crayons.

Important! Traps are set up in the apartment - sticky tapes, containers with your favorite cockroaches' treats (food is mixed with poison). If conditions permit, they use sulfur bombs and ultrasonic repellents, call professional pest controllers.

Consider

The guarantee is provided for sanitizing all rooms inside an apartment or house - sleeping places, balconies and loggias, common areas (corridor, bathroom, toilet, kitchen).

The work is carried out in full confidentiality (it is not disclosed to anyone that you have been treated for insects).

In the rooms:

• Do your usual cleaning: vacuum or mop the floors, dust off. Take things apart - there should be no mess in the apartment.
• During processing, remove the things that you most often touch: remotes from household appliances, telephone, keyboard and mouse of your home PC.
• If there are bugs in the apartment, prepare the furniture for processing: empty cabinets, boxes for linen.Bed linen is recommended to be boiled and ironed to minimize the likelihood of insects emerging from the clutches.

In the kitchen :

• Remove food and utensils so that insect repellent cannot get on them. Empty cabinets where insects have been seen - they will be treated. We recommend wrapping work surfaces, for example, countertops, with cling film or flying film - this way you will significantly reduce the cleaning time after the visit of our master.

• In the washrooms, make sure that personal hygiene items are removed: toothbrushes, razors, towels, cotton swabs. It is also recommended to remove tubes, bottles and other closed containers that you use during toilet procedures during processing.

How is sanitized

Disinsection professional

Sanitary treatment of an apartment from cockroaches is carried out only after the removal of children and animals from it. If the disinfestation of the premises is carried out by professionals, then it is necessary:

• call the selected company by phone and call the service for the destruction of bedbugs and cockroaches by ordering the appropriate service;
• agree on the time of processing and receive recommendations for preparing an apartment for it.

Organization specialists (SES):

• analyze the degree of contamination of the room;
• check the apartment for other parasites (bugs, fleas);
• find places where insects accumulate and identify ways of their penetration into housing (they examine pipes, walls, floor and ceiling);
• choose the most suitable pest control agent.

Pest control of cockroaches starts from the bathroom and toilet. All plumbing is sprayed with toxic substances. The kitchen is subjected to similar processing, especially the space under the sink and behind household appliances.

Professionals fight cockroaches

Important! Before processing, it is better to move all household appliances and furniture to the center of the room. This will give the exterminator better access to problem surfaces for cockroaches to hide behind.

In living rooms, the following are processed:

• floor;
• plinth;
• cornice.

If, in addition to cockroaches, bedbugs also live in the apartment, then the poisonous substance is sprayed over the bed and in the closets. Processing time is 40-45 minutes.

The choice of a specific product for professional treatment depends on its area, the number of insects and the degree of infestation. The latter is low, medium and high. Determined by the following criteria:

• cockroaches appear at night, in the morning there are no signs of their activity, but if you turn on the light at night, 1-2 insects run over the surface (low degree of infection);
• traces of insect activity are found in the morning, at night when the light is turned on, cockroaches scatter in flocks and hide in the corners (medium infection);
• cockroaches do not hide and crawl around the apartment even during the day (high degree of infection).

Important! The choice of a toxic substance also depends on its toxicity. If there are children and animals in a private or multi-storey building, they take into account that the poison can negatively affect their health, therefore, it is possible to process them only with drugs that are relatively safe for them. In other cases, children and animals are removed from the premises during processing.

Sinuzan from cockroaches

The best professional means, among those that the sanitary and epidemiological station poisoning cockroaches, are:

1. Sinusan. The strongest insecticide, the poisonous effect of which on insects lasts for 4 weeks. In this case, the maximum effect is achieved already 2 hours after the start of treatment. Refers to moderately hazardous, if used correctly, does not harm human and animal health. The drug is liquid, sold in cans of 5 and 20 liters. A solution is prepared from it - for 1 liter. water needs 10 ml of the drug. The active ingredient is 48% chlorpyrifos.Sanitization from cockroaches is done by spraying the drug over the room from a spray bottle (you can use a brush). The drug is expensive, a canister with a volume of 5 liters. costs about 13,500 rubles, but the proper result is usually evident. *
2. Avicin. The poisonous properties of the drug are determined by the presence of 15% permethrin in its composition. It is sold in the form of a liquid, usually in cans, up to 1 liter. The cost of 1 canister is 1500 rubles. * To prepare the solution, it is enough to dilute 1 ml of the substance in 1 liter. water. The finished substance is sprayed over all accessible surfaces.
3. Averfos. The preparation contains 48% chlorpyrifos. It is realized in the form of a concentrated emulsion. The residual effect appears 3-5 weeks after treatment. To kill cockroaches, 10 ml of the substance is diluted in 1 liter of boiled water. Processing is carried out in protective suits and masks. The average price of the drug is 1300 rubles. *
4. Xulat. A relatively safe drug, the use of which is allowed in residential premises. Available in liquid form. To treat the surfaces of the apartment from cockroaches, use a spray. After a liquid hits an object, it quickly evaporates, in its place are microcapsules that are completely harmless to humans and animals, but deadly to cockroaches. The average cost of the drug is 5,000 rubles. *

Avicin

Also professionals use "Tetrix", "Solfak", "Foresight". For non-professional disinsection, they use Raptor or Diclofos, various poisonous powders and crayons (this is an inexpensive option, for the quality of which sellers do not vouch). Treatment of premises from cockroaches is also carried out with hot or cold fog. In winter, it is enough to wait for the air temperature to drop to -10 degrees Celsius and open all windows and doors in the room for 1-2 hours. Cockroaches do not tolerate the cold.

Before processing, it is important to study the pest control instructions, as well as:

• remove all dishes in cabinets, or better wrap them in vacuum bags;
• place food in the refrigerator, wrap cereals in plastic bags;
• remove pets from the room.

Important! The water is cut off, the sink in the kitchen and bathroom is wiped dry (all hygiene items and detergents are hidden in bags and put into cabinets). Clothes and baby things are packed in bags and put away in a tight-fitting closet (you must first make sure that there are no insects in the closet).

Where to contact?

For help in the fight against cockroaches, you should contact the SES or any specialized sanitary service. When choosing the second option, you need to be as careful as possible so as not to become a victim of scammers or unskilled employees.

When choosing a company, you need to use the following criteria:

• availability of all necessary documentation;
• the safety of the chemicals used for the health of people and pets;
• the quality of the equipment used;
• duration of disinsection;
• guarantee of achieving the required result.

Advice! You need to contact only time-tested companies. The main sign of a bona fide company will be a guarantee corresponding to the period of validity of the chemical used.

How to ventilate the room after treatment

Airing the rooms

Nothing is done immediately after processing. The room is closed for 2-3 hours (windows, doors, even the ventilation system is closed). After this time, the apartment is ventilated. At the same time, they open all windows and doors, turn on the fan, if any. While the room is being ventilated:

• remove curtains, carpets, paths, bedspreads, furniture covers;
• take them out into the yard, clean them with detergents and leave them to ventilate for 4-5 hours (curtains and bedspreads can be washed in a washing machine).

Important! Clothes and textiles are washed in hot water, at least 80 degrees. The same applies to soft toys in contact with toxic substances.Once your clothes have been securely packed, there is no need to wash them. Outerwear can be dry-cleaned or steamed using a steam generator.

The floor and other hard surfaces on which the poisonous substance has been distributed can be washed no earlier than 2-3 days after treatment. In principle, it is better to move into the room itself at about the same time. But if this is not possible, then the floor is still washed, since the poison is harmful to children and animals, has a negative effect on the body of an adult.

Important! Even after cleaning and eliminating all insects destroyed by the insecticide, the windows in the room are kept open for another day.

How much pest control is enough. What to do if cockroaches don't leave

After pest control, including professional, insects do not immediately disappear. This happens gradually over 1 to 2 weeks. The poison begins to act the moment it is sprayed, but cockroaches are extremely tenacious. In the first 2-3 days after treatment, the number of insects in the room increases sharply. This is normal, the poisonous substance disorients them and makes them act differently. Gradually, there will be fewer cockroaches. By the end of the 2nd week after treatment, not a single insect will remain in the room.

The treatment of an apartment from cockroaches, even professional, does not give a 100% guarantee. In the course of pest control from cockroaches, in most cases, only adults are destroyed, the eggs are not exposed to the poisonous substance, therefore, 3 weeks after its introduction, the procedure is repeated. By this time, the eggs have already turned into larvae, which are affected by any poison from cockroaches.

Sometimes sanitizing an apartment from cockroaches does not help due to excessive surface contamination. If the house is not cleaned, garbage is stored in inappropriate places and in an improper way, then the risk of re-infection of the house with cockroaches remains quite high. In this case, they first carry out a general cleaning of the room or make repairs in it - they paste over the walls with new wallpaper, change the floors, windows (if the surfaces are wooden, then they just paint them).

Important! After the repair, the number of cockroaches will decrease several times and in order to finally get rid of them it will not take much time and a very small amount of poisonous agents.

Benefits of calling SES employees

In an attempt to save some money, people start to control pests on their own. To do this, they use ineffective means that lead to an increase in the number of insects. Contacting the SES will help to avoid negative consequences.

Pros of disinfection:

1. Safety. Sanitary workers use only IV and V hazard class chemicals. They are made from components that are not harmful to humans and pets. At the same time, they mercilessly destroy cockroach colonies.
2. Complete disinfection of the premises. Involvement of SES employees will allow to exterminate not only cockroaches, but also other harmful insects.
3. Application of modern methods. Experts use all the innovations that make it possible to destroy even cockroaches hiding in hard-to-reach places.
4. Prevention of future pests. SES workers will clean the apartment of adult cockroaches and their younger generation.

If you do not take any measures, then the number of the cockroach colony will quickly increase, and it will be much more difficult to get rid of them.

Testimonials

Ekaterina, Sochi: “I never thought that I could not cope with cockroaches. It's so easy, it seemed to me, keep the apartment clean, clean up after yourself and everything will be in order. But it was not there. We got the apartment after the death of our mother-in-law - an ordinary Soviet kopeck piece without renovation, but in fair condition.And everything would be fine, but together with us, cockroaches also claimed housing. The mother-in-law kept the house clean, but her neighbors were not too clean. She poisoned cockroaches with powders and crayons, and I tried, but nothing came of it. Then I decided to carry out professional processing. I won't say that it helped right away, but after about 2 weeks the cockroaches really began to die. "

Marina, Chelyabinsk: “I bought a remedy for cockroaches Ksulat. The processing was carried out by the husband in accordance with the instructions. At first I thought that nothing would work out, since the number of insects almost doubled in the first week, but then I noticed that the cockroaches suddenly disappeared somewhere. This means that the drug really works. "

Important! Before baiting cockroaches, it is important to make sure that the person conducting it knows how to prepare the apartment for this procedure and what means to use for this. If the homeowner has never engaged in insect baiting, it is better for him to entrust this business to professionals. Self-treatment from cockroaches is carried out according to the instructions and in compliance with all necessary precautions.

* Prices are valid for August 2020.